T w e n t y t h r e e
Pascale Bardos, Twenty three, 2016, glass mirror, curved ply, digital moving image, projection, fabric.
Twenty three evokes a congruence between scientific logic and individual experience, validating both as equal forms of reality. The installation explores the repercussions of action through an investigation of natural phenomena. According to the giant impact theory 4.5 billion years ago Theia, a planetoid the size of Mars collided with Earth throwing rock, gas and debris into space. Earth’s gravity consolidated these particles in which formed the Moon. The immense impact of this collision titled Earth on a 23.5 degree axis, which still remains the axis of its rotation today. This impact consequently continues to influence our existence, evidently how we experience the transition of light and tides.
Twenty three stimulates an experience of space and time that draws upon contemplations of the interconnectivity of moments and matter. The wall is curved on twenty-three degrees representing the axis in which we exist. A video is projected onto an angled double-sided mirror and then reflected back onto the arced wall, mirroring the effects of the repercussions of both natural events as well as individual actions. The footage displays rippling currents on the surface of the ocean, expressing the inherent effect of the moon upon the Earth through the transition of tides and as a source of light.
A transition of light is harnessed in the space by delicate white fabric covering the length of a wall with large windows. Passing of time becomes evident throughout the day, in the morning the suns soothing light captivates the space, consequently making the projection faint. As the sun begins to set, the luminosity of the projection grows and becomes the focal source of light. An eclipse of light passing past the mirror illuminates the floor emulating an experience of the moon.
The installation embodies ideas of expansion and retraction as the work speaks of infinity and of phenomenon. Whilst reflecting upon the immediate environment and self the parameters of space, time and matter transcend through the experience of the continuum accentuated within the work.